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Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Flying

I am an easy flight passenger. I don’t get scared while on a plane usually and I love the views that you get from high up. During a trip in Alaska all those assumptions were challenged.

I took an amazing trip up crossing the Arctic Circle and visiting an Eskimo village at Anaktuvuk Pass. It was an amazing visit to a small community that lives pretty much in isolation. The only access is by plane from the Anaktuvuk Pass Airport, which is really is just a gravel airstrip. The plane that took us back to Fairbanks was a 9-seater little commuter plane. I sat just behind the pilots. Even that wasn’t scary.

The moment I started wondering about the marvels and technology of flying was when the pilots took out a map – a regular paper map (granted it probably wasn’t a regular map…) – and checked their position in the mountain range…

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No Heels Just Sneakers

The holidays are fast approaching and if you are like me, you want to find a gift that is appreciated and will bring joy to the recipient. You may think the hikers in your life, won’t need much, ’cause you know the outside is free. And though that is true, we hikers do take quite […]

River of Life

The bright angel’s shadow? What was that vision I saw Through bruised swollen eyelids Grasping for air. Shall I lie in awe? Or was it the stale stenchy death I smelled everywhere Nostril caked with blood Lips silently screaming my despair I do not know, I do not care. I’m worn out and I am […]